Researching Intimacies and New Media

Methodological Opportunities and Challenges

Bibliographic Data

ID2386403
AuthorsKatherine Harrison (0000-0002-2866-4189, University of Copenhagen), Maria Bee Christensen-Strynø (0000-0002-9801-3162, Roskilde University)
Year2019
Volume25
Issue3
Pages231-236
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1077800418800756
OpenAlexW2890215535
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited32

Researching intimacies and new media encompasses a wide variety of intersecting practices and relationships. This special issue presents contributions from researchers who are investigating practices of intimacy mediated either wholly or in part through new media in which a variety of different methodological opportunities and challenges are highlighted and discussed. Existing research has addressed different combinations of new media, intimacy, and methodology, but there remains space for a dedicated focus on the ways in which these areas are interrelated and entangled. The articles in this special issue build up a conversation around this particular intersection from a range of directions, from reflections on specific technological devices/apps and their promotion of particular forms of intimacies that may lead to (dis)comfort and (dis)connection, to the intimate-and sometimes risky-investments in research processes and fieldwork, as well as the ethical frameworks and decision-making processes guiding the research

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